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“The purpose of the forum is to provide a venue for creating a shared vision among policy-makers worldwide on the issues arising from the emergence of new telecommunication services and technologies, and to consider any other policy issue in telecommunications which would benefit from a global exchange of views”

“Rough consensus” in the form of opinions which are non-prescriptive and non-binding

Some 750 senior policy-makers, regulators and industry experts were present, from more than 120 countries and 100 private sector members

the deployment of IP-based networks benefits users, industries, and the economy at large, because it fosters technical and market innovation, diversity and economic growth

IP … could be viewed as a significant opportunity for all countries to respond to the convergence of information and communication technologies and evolve their networks;

Implications for Operators

continuing development of the Internet and IP-based networks is a significant medium for communications and commerce;

mobile wireless systems are expected to migrate towards an IP-based architecture in order to deliver integrated voice, data and multimedia services, as well as access to the Internet;

ITU … is of the view that:

IPTelephony applications are best supplied in a market in which consumers have choices among multiple, alternative sources because only then will citizens, businesses and the overall economy reap the benefits of innovation and cost effectiveness

achieving public policy goals in the context of a converged communication services environment;

considering the possibility of opening their communication services market with respect to IP Telephony by adopting a competition-oriented approach in order to achieve clearly defined public policy goals, taking into account, among other things, the concept of technology neutrality for fully-substitutable services